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2013/05/01 18:02:09
Subject: Do you know what movie I'm half remembering?
This has been driving me quietly nuts for a few months now.
If you can identify the movie from my description, help me out here:
The American Movie is
1. Black and White. Set after WW2 possibly so early 50s.
2. It is a 'buddy film'.
3. It's two central characters are in the army.
4. One of the leads is a simple but popular and attractive guy, he is a subordinate rank (private?) to the senior guy (sgt?).
5. The senior guy is short and unattractive and acerbic, but has a good heart. The subordinate Private guy sets out to make his (sgt) life better.
6. The 'Private' then sets up the 'Sergeant' with a girl at a funfair. Sergeant guy is happy with girl but then finds out she was set up and gets mad.
And that's about all I can remember, I watched it as a kid and now cannot for the life of me remember what it was called or if I'm remembering all those bits correctly.
If it jogs anyone's mind, let me know.
2013/05/01 18:20:16
Subject: Re:Do you know what movie I'm half remembering?
I take it that searching wikipedia's categories for it would be a bit of a long shot? I.e. there's a lot in there, and the film may not even have an article. I've spent ages searching through every listing in those things just to find books before. Going so far as to look up every film produced during the 50-60s may be a bit too far though... =/
2013/05/01 19:03:50
Subject: Re:Do you know what movie I'm half remembering?
If you can identify the movie from my description, help me out here:
The American Movie is
1. Black and White. Set after WW2 possibly so early 50s.
2. It is a 'buddy film'.
3. It's two central characters are in the army.
4. One of the leads is a simple but popular and attractive guy, he is a subordinate rank (private?) to the senior guy (sgt?).
This describes most post-WWII era films, of which there are a lot.
At first I thought maybe it was 'No Time For Sergeants', but it has been so long that I can't recall much beyond it having Andy Griffith (pre-Andy-Griffith show) and Don Knotts.
Amidst the mists and coldest frosts he thrusts his fists against the posts and still insists he sees the ghosts.
2013/05/01 19:18:09
Subject: Do you know what movie I'm half remembering?
n'oublie jamais - It appears I now have to highlight this again.
It is by tea alone I set my mind in motion. By the juice of the brew my thoughts aquire speed, my mind becomes strained, the strain becomes a warning. It is by tea alone I set my mind in motion.
2013/05/01 19:18:42
Subject: Re:Do you know what movie I'm half remembering?
Waiting for my shill money from Spiral Arm Studios
Breotan wrote: Almost sounds like an episode of Gomer Pyle USMC.
That's what I was thinking
Except those were in color.
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Self-proclaimed evil Cat-person. Dues Ex Felines
Cato Sicarius, after force feeding Captain Ventris a copy of the Codex Astartes for having the audacity to play Deathwatch, chokes to death on his own D-baggery after finding Calgar assembling his new Eldar army.
At first I thought maybe it was 'No Time For Sergeants', but it has been so long that I can't recall much beyond it having Andy Griffith (pre-Andy-Griffith show) and Don Knotts.
Well done sir, that was not correct but led me to take a look on youtube and it jogged two things from my brain, it was Steve Mcqueen in the 'simple private' role and it was later than ww2, peacetime.
So I finally found it.
It was called
'Soldier in the Rain'.
Great, now to watch it again.
2013/05/01 21:14:07
Subject: Re:Do you know what movie I'm half remembering?
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Self-proclaimed evil Cat-person. Dues Ex Felines
Cato Sicarius, after force feeding Captain Ventris a copy of the Codex Astartes for having the audacity to play Deathwatch, chokes to death on his own D-baggery after finding Calgar assembling his new Eldar army.
Waiting for my shill money from Spiral Arm Studios
Must be European
Self-proclaimed evil Cat-person. Dues Ex Felines
Cato Sicarius, after force feeding Captain Ventris a copy of the Codex Astartes for having the audacity to play Deathwatch, chokes to death on his own D-baggery after finding Calgar assembling his new Eldar army.
Ouze wrote: Why are they having a party in the bathroom
Where do you have your parties if not in the bathroom?
Pffft, real hipsters party in the attic.
Self-proclaimed evil Cat-person. Dues Ex Felines
Cato Sicarius, after force feeding Captain Ventris a copy of the Codex Astartes for having the audacity to play Deathwatch, chokes to death on his own D-baggery after finding Calgar assembling his new Eldar army.
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